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29A-2-710. Worthier-title doctrine abolished. The doctrine of worthier title does not exist in this state either as a rule of law or as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as the transferor's "heirs," "heirs at law," "next of kin," "distributees," "relatives," or "family," or language of similar import, does not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor.

Source: SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-710.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > South-dakota > Title-29a > Chapter-02 > Statute-29a-2-710

29A-2-710. Worthier-title doctrine abolished. The doctrine of worthier title does not exist in this state either as a rule of law or as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as the transferor's "heirs," "heirs at law," "next of kin," "distributees," "relatives," or "family," or language of similar import, does not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor.

Source: SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-710.